Why is it that...

[Chris Wallace]

in the movies, Batman's bifurcated nemesis is referred to as "Harvey Two-Face" & not just plain "Two-Face"? I thought after the accident, he didn't want to be called Harvey at all.

 

[Two-Face=Badass]

in the movies, Batman's bifurcated nemesis is referred to as "Harvey Two-Face" & not just plain "Two-Face"? I thought after the accident, he didn't want to be called Harvey at all.

Yeah, I would've preferred a scene where Batman or Gordon call him Harvey and he replies saying "Don't call me that! It's Two-Face who's in control here!" or something. Would've been a great Dark Victory reference too.

 

[Two-Face]

Yeah I mean you don't call Joker something else, It's should just be "Two-Face"

 

[Matt.S99]

I agree. When they referred to him as harvey two face in the movie, interviews etc, it made me cringe. It just doesnt flow well.

 

[Milu]

I don't really mind, it kinda sounds like a mobster name.

 

[Bathead]

IIRC, that's how Two-Face was referred to in Batman Forever, at least by a TV reporter.

 

[El Payaso]

in the movies, Batman's bifurcated nemesis is referred to as "Harvey Two-Face" & not just plain "Two-Face"? I thought after the accident, he didn't want to be called Harvey at all.

When they called him that in TDK itw as a shocker.

It brought a painful flashback of that CGI Wayne building in Batman Forever. But then again TDK was such a masterpiece... didn't know what to feel. Then a voice in my head told me "Patiente, oh bifurcated one... "

 

[Crook]

Yeah, "Harvey Two-Face" is just really awkward. Not solely because of it's association with BF, but it's a stupid way to say a name. Two-Faced Harvey would have been a better nickname.

Though I did like how TDK integrated the name into Harv's backstory. That was well-done.

 

[TLH]

Yeah, I would've preferred a scene where Batman or Gordon call him Harvey and he replies saying "Don't call me that! It's Two-Face who's in control here!" or something. Would've been a great Dark Victory reference too.

He says that to the Joker in DV, I think. That would have made a cool scene for Batman 3.

 

[C. W. Saturn]

because calling someone "Two-Face" is not realistic.

 

[CFE]

The Wayne Enterprises building in "Forever" was a model, FYI...

But yeah I never understood either. But then again as long as the fanbase at large knows him as Two-Face then it's not that big a deal.

People refer to him as Two-Face anyway. It's like changing the package title of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" into "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark." Call him whatever you want, but we all know he's Two-Face regardless.

CFE

 

[DeaDheaD]

......and what's the deal with airline food these days?

 

[Bat Attack]

Yeah, "Harvey Two-Face" is just really awkward. Not solely because of it's association with BF, but it's a stupid way to say a name. Two-Faced Harvey would have been a better nickname.

Though I did like how TDK integrated the name into Harv's backstory. That was well-done.

Me too, .

 

[Chris Wallace]

I don't really mind, it kinda sounds like a mobster name.

I think that's the problem. It says "mobster", not supervillain. It becomes kinda generic when you say it like that. And he's not a mobster in the traditional sense, anyway.

 

[Chris Wallace]

because calling someone "Two-Face" is not realistic.

And calling someone "Joker", "Riddler", "Scarecrow" or "Batman" is?

 

[Chris Wallace]

IIRC, that's how Two-Face was referred to in Batman Forever, at least by a TV reporter.

And in the closing credits, also. Hence my citing "movies" (plural) in my opening post.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I don't know, but I don't like it.

 

[TLH]

in the movies, Batman's bifurcated nemesis is referred to as "Harvey Two-Face" & not just plain "Two-Face"? I thought after the accident, he didn't want to be called Harvey at all.

From what I can see in both Batman Forever and TDK, Two-Face is rarely referred to as "Harvey Two-Face" (maybe twice between the two films). He's usually referred to as either Harvey or Two-Face, but yeah, in keeping with the source material there's no doubt that Two-Face would have hated being referred to as Harvey. Doesn't bother me one way or the other.

 

[Spoon Tang]

because calling someone "Two-Face" is not realistic.

you must be joking

 

[Chris Wallace]

I now believe so. I think it was a sarcastic jab at Nolan's "realistic" interpretation.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Or a jab at the fans who misunderstand Nolan's general approach.

 

[PyroChamber]

I was wondering in TDK why they called him "Two-Face" at Internal Affairs before what happened to his face, being that that's what people would call him.

 

[Chris Wallace]

I figure he came across as somebody who'd pretend to be your boy, all the while planning to throw you under the bus.

 

[Superwoman Prime]

I agree, Chris Wallace.

Which is why I personally never saw him as a true "White Knight." I think that persona was the public's perception only.

 

[Chris Wallace]

He's a political figure; I hate to say it but when you're in that capacity, the public perception is the only one that matters.
But why else would you call an IA guy "Two-face"? What other two-faced thing could he possibly do?